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After The Baseball Network folded after the 1995 season, NBC retained a smaller package through 2000, alternating rights to a package of postseason games with Fox (with NBC carrying the National League Championship Series and World Series in odd-numbered years, and the American League Championship Series and All-Star Game in even-numbered years).
NBC television's relationship with Major League Baseball technically dates back to August 26, 1939. [1] It was on that date that on W2XBS (an experimental television station in New York City which would ultimately become what is now NBC's flagship television station, WNBC), the first-ever Major League Baseball game was televised.
In July 1995, ABC and NBC, who wound up having to share the duties of televising the 1995 World Series as a way to recoup (with ABC broadcasting Games 1, 4, 5 (and 7 had there been one), and NBC broadcasting Games 2, 3, and 6), announced that they were opting out of their agreement with Major League Baseball. Both networks figured that as the ...
List of Major League Baseball Game of the Week broadcasters; Major League Baseball on television in the 1940s; Major League Baseball on television in the 1950s; Major League Baseball on television in the 1960s; Major League Baseball on television in the 1970s; Major League Baseball on television in the 1980s; Major League Baseball on television ...
Bill Macatee (1982–1989) Macatee joined NBC in 1982, where he hosted and reported on a variety of major events including late-night coverage of Wimbledon and the World Series, as well as the pre-game shows for the League Championship Series, Super Bowl XVII, and college football bowl games.
Pages in category "Major League Baseball on television" The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The National Baseball Congress World Series or NBC World Series is an annual collegiate and semi-pro baseball tournament held in Wichita, Kansas. Satchel Paige , Don Sutton , Tom Seaver , Ozzie Smith , Tony Gwynn , Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens are just a few of the Major League Baseball stars who have played in the tournament.
The first time that NBC Sports produced a nationally televised Major League Baseball game since the year 2000. [12] ABC televised a Sunday Night Baseball matchup between the Chicago White Sox and the Chicago Cubs on August 8.